Bettina John - Performance and Installation Artist

Von einer, die auszog dass fürchten zu lernen

This series of oil paintings is a further development of Bettina John’s work with her Alter Ego Belinda Evangelica. Once upon the time, her power was unbreakable, but ever since her reflection started talking back to her, her spirit is broken. …

The Broken Mirror or Spieglein, Spieglein an der Wand.

A series of photographic prints on canvas first exhibited at the Foyer Gallery located in the…

The TruePop Manifesto | Performance

The TruePop Manifesto is a project with various channels. It was initiated and executed by Belinda Evangelica, one of Bettina John’s 5 Alter Egos that she has been working with since 2012.…

The Success Cycle | Performance

This is a performance similar to a cult gathering where audience members become part of the cult of success. Belinda Evangelica has been successfully touring this show throughout Europe.…

The TruePop Manifesto Record | Installation

The TruePop Manifesto is a project with various channels. It was initiated and executed by Belinda Evangelica, one of Bettina John’s 5 Alter Egos that she has been working with since 2012. The different forms this project takes range from music and performance art to fashion, installation and motivational speech. Belinda Evangelica is all that: a motivational speaker, fashionista, muse, music producer, writer, instagramer and pinterester.…

The Success Cycle | Installation

The Success cycle is a project with various channels. It was initiated and executed by Belinda Evangelica, one of Bettina John’s 5 Alter Egos that she has been working with since 2012. The different forms this project takes ranges from music and performance art to fashion, installation and motivational speech.…

Train of Thought | Performance | Installation

This 15 minutes monologue was conceived by Bettina John’s Alter Ego Miss Dixie De Rose in 2014. It was produced as a video piece and can be performed live. Miss Dixie De Rose and her work is an exploration into the inner world of an artist and what it means to be one. Watching this persona is intriguing and refreshing.…

The Presence of His Absence | Performance | Installation

This artist book is part of the work “The Presence of His Absence” which comprises photographs, a video installation, a sound piece and a live-performance. The protagonist is Bettina John’s Alter Ego Theodosia Fatale, a femme fatale lost in time and slightly confused about who she is and was.…

The presence of his absence | Installation

This sound piece accompanied by a photo-story is part of the work “The Presence of His Absence” that is loosely built around the heartbreak of Theodosia Fatale, one of Bettina John’s Alter Egos. While the persona is the narrator in this piece, in other works, like an artist book, she shares the story telling with Bettina John. …

Colbee Hawkins’ Playroom | Installation

The installation Playroom was first shown as part of Bettina John’s solo show “Das Schloß” in Halle in 2017. It consisted of oil paintings and a deck of cards for people to play with. By means of simple instructions the audience was encouraged to play with the cards and take one with them to keep.…

The House of Success | Installation

This installation (Die Erfolgskapelle) was first shown in September 2017 in Halle (Saale), Germany as part of Bettina John’s solo show “Das Schloss” (The Castle). It is meant to be a place for contemplating success, its ups and downs, its pros and cons and everything that comes with it or not when absent…

Gritual 1.0 | collective ritual | Performance

This is a video documentation of one of several life-performances with one of Bettina John’s Alter Ego Colbee Hawkins_89. A Cyberhippie and activist, the persona concerns herself with the metaphysical side of life, with rituals and meditation, automatic drawing and painting, with magick and aspects of paganism. She has an endless source of inspiration in these fields, which is reflected, in her rich and colourful aesthetic.…

The Importance of choosing the right profile picture | Performance

This work is one of several videos that Bettina John’s Alter Ego designer Emilie Louise Schwartz-Floege has produced in the last years. All of them are published on Youtube but the persona prefers to use Twitter as her outlet.…